Joe McElderry gets his UK#1

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The final weekly U.K. sales charts of 2009, published Sunday (Dec. 27), gave "X Factor" winner Joe McElderry the No. 1 single he missed out on last week with "The Climb" (Syco Music/Sony Music Entertainment), and Michael Bublé his first bestselling album in the territory with "Crazy Love" (Reprise/Warner Music).

 

McElderry's single, which had to make do with a No. 2 debut last week, its huge 450,000 sales outdone by Rage Against The Machine's 502,000 with "Killing in the Name" (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment), sold a further 130,000 last week to secure the belated top spot. Sales of "Killing" fell away to 66,000, still enough for the No. 2 position.

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Rage Against The Machine Gets The Coveted Christmas Song

 

Here is the counter article to the bland X-Factor winner.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8423340.stm